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Proverbs 15:8
“The sacrifice of the wicked is an abomination to the Lord: but the prayer of the upright is his delight.” (KJV)
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Lexical meaning
זֶבַחzebach · zeh'-bakh
H2077 · Hebrew
H2077 · Hebrew
- Definition
- properly, a slaughter, i.e. the flesh of an animal; by implication, a sacrifice (the victim or the act)
- Derivation
- from H2076 (זָבַח);
- KJV renderings
- offer(-ing), sacrifice.
- Grammar
- זֶ֣בַח — common noun, masculine, singular, construct
- Usage
- Occurs 162 times in the Hebrew Bible.Genesis 31:54Genesis 46:1Exodus 10:25Exodus 12:27Exodus 18:12
Theological interpretation (AI)
The card on the left shows lexical data from published sources. Interpretation is separate: ask the Companion to explain how traditions read זֶבַח here.
Hebrew text: Westminster Leningrad Codex (public domain). Morphology & lemmas: Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible, CC BY 4.0 (hb.openscriptures.org). Lexicon: Strong's Hebrew Dictionary (1894, public domain; JSON edition © Open Scriptures, CC BY-SA). Verse numbers follow the Hebrew text, which occasionally differs from English Bibles.